Rebirth of an abandoned woman

Chapter 32: Nanny Li and the Cousin's War With Words

Only to hear Wang Shi continue, "He is not a child already, yet he still cannot see the severity in this! Needless to say, he must have done something to made Nanny Li mad! For him to do that to someone who looked after him and cares a lot about him, that useless thing; when he's back, I'll surely teach him a lesson! Fortunately, Sang Wan was able to persuade Nanny Li, otherwise, how will the Shi family ever face her! I want to hear the details so go and inquire about it!" The latter was actually spoken to Nanny Jiang.

Gu Fangzi opened her mouth to speak, but no words came out. Never had she imagined that Wang Shi's thoughts would not follow the trail she laid out! Why did things end up not following the way she wanted it to be?

What Gu Fangzi did not know was that Wang Shi had already heard from someone that there was a quarrel between Shi Fengju and Nanny Li. Deep down, she was already somewhat unhappy for it was her son, and what's more it was with someone whom he was very close with!

Never had he dared to do something like that towards her!

The flame within her that was recently lit blew out naturally by itself. Not only was she not furious at Sang Wan, she was secretly thankful that Sang Wan was present when the incident happened. If not for Sang Wan, Nanny Li would have left; how would the entire household go about facing others in the future? For Sang Wan who had stood for Nanny Li, it was inevitable that their relationship would become close.

Gu Fangzi had spent a lot of time coming up with a plan that could kill two birds with one stone, yet it was all in vain. It was all for naught since her plan was unsuccessful, but seeing Wang Shi grumbling with her mind now full of wanting to teach Shi Fengju a lesson, she no longer wished to stay any further and excused herself unconvincingly.

Shi Fengju returned in the evening, and sure enough, Wang Shi scolded him harshly. Although he knew he deserved it, his heart felt that it was uncalled for and wondered: It was already a thing of the past, so why did Mother make such a big fuss and purposely call for me to give me a lecture?

Nanny Li felt rather apologetic once she knew that Shi Fengju got a scolding and went to Wang Shi to explain that it was all an accident, a misunderstanding, which had been resolved. Once Shi Fengju became aware that it was Gu Fangzi who leaked the information out unintentionally to his mother, he was at a loss whether to cry or to laugh.

Gu Fangzi felt that the commotion which she sparked was becoming more and more uneventful, and thus went up to Sang Wan and apologized, "My mouth was too quick at that moment, but who would've thought Aunt Wang to be so earnest? Cousin-in-law Sang Wan, please don't get mad at me! I apologize sincerely to you!"

Once the words left her mouth, she truly went on her knees and bowed.

"Cousin-in-law Fangzi, you're too courteous!" Sang Wan smiled and hurriedly went to help her up, but her heart secretly responded: The one who got the scolding wasn't me, so why would I get mad at you? The one you should be apologizing to isn't me.

Nanny Li absolutely disliked seeing Gu Fangzi striking an attitude on purpose. She took a glance cynically and smiled fakingly, "Just as Ma'am said, Miss Gu is being too courteous, but too much of it would make it unusual. Still, a Shi family matter has got nothing to do with Miss Gu, so that bow was all for naught."

Gu Fangzi's gaze swept across the maidservants who stood at the side and her face turned red all of a sudden. Barely forcing a smile, she spoke, "But in the end, it was because I was too quick to speak——"

"That should not have happened!" Nanny Li laughed, "This old lady here isn't trying to be prideful for being an elder, but which lady, who's yet to be married, does nothing but go around all day and night with her mouth wide open! Miss Gu, listen to this old servant's advice and kick that habit away! Otherwise, there'll be trouble when finding you a match in the future!"